states. it's kind of been a three-prong approach the the first lady kind of reintroduce the president to the american people. you have bill clinton address any disappointment out there, and now you've got the president in his own words tonight trying to close the transaction. >> shep: timing is so important because they want to make sure to reach prime time audiences on the broadcast networks, which will be joining, including the fox broadcast network tonight. that starts at 10:00 o'clock eastern, 9 central. and just a few minutes after that, the vice president is scheduled to begin. then the president. they want everything wrapped up by 11:00 o'clock, or shortly thereafter. >> that's a tall order. >> we've seen they've had some timing issues. they've been behind schedule and the folks at home don't necessarily know that. >> shep: they do if they stayed up for president clinton last night. >> absolutely. if you want to hit the prime time audience u got to be on time or pretty close to on time